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copied!<p>Another easy solution is to just add a <code>UILabel</code> to your <code>UITextView</code> subview.</p> <pre><code>- (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; // you might have to play around a little with numbers in CGRectMake method // they work fine with my settings placeholderLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10.0, 0.0, textView.frame.size.width - 20.0, 34.0)]; [placeholderLabel setText:kDescriptionPlaceholder]; // placeholderLabel is instance variable retained by view controller [placeholderLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]]; [placeholderLabel setFont:[challengeDescription font]]; [placeholderLabel setTextColor:[UIColor lightGrayColor]]; // textView is UITextView object you want add placeholder text to [textView addSubview:placeholderLabel]; } - (void) textViewDidChange:(UITextView *)theTextView { if(![textView hasText]) { [textView addSubview:placeholderLabel]; } else if ([[textView subviews] containsObject:placeholderLabel]) { [placeholderLabel removeFromSuperview]; } } - (void)textViewDidEndEditing:(UITextView *)theTextView { if (![textView hasText]) { [textView addSubview:placeholderLabel]; } } </code></pre> <p>You can even add little animations to fade in/out the <code>UILabel</code> if that's your thing.</p> <pre><code>- (void) textViewDidChange:(UITextView *)theTextView { if(![textView hasText]) { [textView addSubview:placeholderLabel]; [UIView animateWithDuration:0.15 animations:^{ placeholderLabel.alpha = 1.0; }]; } else if ([[textView subviews] containsObject:placeholderLabel]) { [UIView animateWithDuration:0.15 animations:^{ placeholderLabel.alpha = 0.0; } completion:^(BOOL finished) { [placeholderLabel removeFromSuperview]; }]; } } - (void)textViewDidEndEditing:(UITextView *)theTextView { if (![textView hasText]) { [textView addSubview:placeholderLabel]; [UIView animateWithDuration:0.15 animations:^{ placeholderLabel.alpha = 1.0; }]; } </code></pre>

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